• This should be the headline of the day all over the country: In the 77 days since oil from the ruptured Deepwater Horizon began to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, BP has skimmed or burned about 60 percent of the amount it promised regulators it could remove in a single day. …
That’s right: In 77 days, BP has removed less oil than it said it could remove in one day alone. What say you, BP spokesman Toby Odone?
“The numbers are what they are,” said BP spokesman Toby Odone. “At some point, we will look back and say why the numbers ended up this way. That’s for the future.”
